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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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